Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 95-98 , June 2009

Proton as a Possible Neurotransmitter for Perivascular Axo-axonal Transmission in the Rat Mesenteric Resistance Artery

Received 1 March 2009 ,Revised 20 March 2009 ,Accepted 13 April 2009.

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PII: S1016-3190(09)60018-5

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60018-5

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 95-98 , June 2009

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